ǁHaiǁhâǀî ǃādi
(Numeri 35:9-34Josua 20:1-9)1 Moseb ge ǃaruǀî Israelǁîn ǃoa ge mî: “ǃKhūb sadu Elob ga ǃhaode hîkākā tsî ǁîdi ǃhūba sado mās khaoǃgâ, tsî sado ǁîdi ǃādi tsî omde ūbasen tsî ǁanǃnâs khaoǃgâ, 2-3 ǀkhariba ǃnona ǃâdi ǃnâ ǀgoraǂgā, î mâ ǀkharib hoab ǃnâ ǁhaiǁhâǀîǃāsa ǂnubi tsî ǁîdi ǁga garu daoga kuru; î-i nau khoe-e ra ǃgam khoe-e supuse ǁnā ǃādi di ǀguis ǁga ǁhaiǁhâ ǁkhā. 4 Khoe-i ga ǂâibasen tama-i hâse khākhoegu-ū tama-i hâ khoe-e ǃgam, o-i ge ǁî-e ǁhaiǁhâǀîǃādi di ǀguis ǁga, ǁî-i ǃnorasasib ǃaroma a ǁhaiǁhâ ǁkhā. 5 Aiǁgause i ga khoe-e ǀnî khoe-i ǀkha ǀaereǃgû, tsî ǀae-e i ra ǁhā hîa ǃōsa ǁî-i ǃomma xu ǂkhiri tsî hâ-ū-i a khoe-e hō tsî ǃgam, o-i ge ǁî-e ǁnā ǃādi ǀguis ǁga ǁhaiǁhâ ǁkhā. 6 ǀGui ǁhaiǁhâǀîǃās ǀguis ga hâ tsî daoba kaise ǃnū, o-i ge a īǁkhā ǁgapaǃanhe ge khoe-i ǀaokhoen ǀkhaoǂgaosiba xu ǁnā khoe-e ǁhaiǁhâ-i garu hîa sīǃnâ tsî a ǃgam ǁkhāsa; xawe i ge khākhoesi-e ǀkhai i hîa. 7 ǁNā-amaga ta ge ǃnona ǁhaiǁhâǀîǃādi nî ǁgaumâihe ǃkhaisa ge mîmā.
8 “ǃKhūb sadu Elob ga sadu aboxagab ge mîmâiba khami sadu ǃhūba kaikai, tsî mîmâib ge ǃhūb hoaba mā du, 9 o du ge noxopa ǃnona ǁhaiǁhâǀîǃāde nî ǀaro. (ǁÎb ge nē ǃhūba tita go nētsē mîmā du xūn hoana du ga dī, tsî ǃKhūb sadu Eloba du ga ǀnam tsî ǁîb di daogu ǃnâ hoaǁae ǃgû, o nî mā du.) 10 Nēsa du ga dī, on ge khoena ǀhapiose ǁō tide, î du tā ǃKhūb sadu Elob nî mā du ǃhūb ǃnâ ǁîn di ǁōb ǃaroma ǀhapixa.
11 “Xawe i ga khoe-e ǁî-i ǀgūkhoe-e ǁkhan tsî ǁî-e ǃâuǁgoe tsî ǁnāǂam tsî ǃgam, tsî ǁnā ǁhaiǁhâǀîǃādi ǀguis ǁga ǁî-i ǃnorasasib ǃaroma ǁhaiǁhâ, 12 o gu ge ǂgaeǂgui-aoga ǁî-e ǁnāpa xu sī ū kai tsî ǃgamhe ge khoe-i ǀaob ǃaroma ra ǀkhao ǂgao ǀaokhoe-i di ǃomǁae ǃnâ nî māǁnâ, î-i ǃgamhe. 13 Tā ǁî-e ǀkhom. ǀHapio ǀaoba ra ǂnâxū khoe-i hoa-e Israela xu ǃgamǂui, o-i ge sadu ǀkha ǃgâise nî ǃgû.
ǀOro ǃhūǀgoradi
14 “ǃKhūb sadu Elob nî mā du ǃhūb ǃnâ ge ǀnai mîǁguihe ǃhūǀgoraǁgauǁgaude tā ūbē.
ǀHûǀgui-aon
15 “Khoe-i ga tare-i ǀgui-e dīsā tsî a ǂkhaba, xawe i ge ǁnāti ī khoe-i ǃoagu ǀgui khoe-i ǀgui-e ǀhûǀguitimî tide. ǀGam tamas ka io ǃnāsa khoen di ǀhûǀguitimîs ǀguis ge a mā-amsa. 16 Khoe-i ga nau khoe-e ǂhumiǂgā-ams ǀkha tsûtsû, 17 o-i ge ǂgā-am-ao-i tsî ǀhapiǂgā-amhe ra khoe-i tsîna ǀō-aisa ǃkhais ǀgoreǀîs dis tawa pristergu tsî ǀgoraǃgâ-aogu ǁnā ǁaeb ǃnâ sîsenni tawa hâgu tawa sī tsî nî ǀgoraǃgâhe. 18 ǀGoraǃgâ-aogu ge ǁhōba ǂōrisase nî ôaǃgao; tsî i ga khoe-e ǃgâsa Israelǁî-e ǂhumiǂgā-am, 19 o-i ge ǁnāti ī khoe-e, ǂhumiǂgā-am i gere khoe-i ga ǁkharahe hâ ǁkharaba nî ǃkhōǃoa. ǁNā ǀgaus ai ǀgui du ge nēti ī ui-uisa ǁoreba a ūbē ǁkhā. 20 On ge hoaraga khoena ǁnâu tsî nî ǃao, tsî i khoe-i xare-e ǁnāti ī ǂkhababa ǁkhawa sadu ǁaegu dītsâ tide. 21 Tā ǁnāti ī khoe-e ǀkhom; ûib ǃaroma ûib, mûs ǃaroma mûs, ǁgûb ǃaroma ǁgûb, ǃommi ǃaroma ǃommi tsî ǂais ǃaroma ǂais.
Safe Towns
(Numbers 35.9-28Joshua 20.1-9)Moses said to Israel:
1 Soon you will go into the land and attack the nations. The Lord your God will destroy them and give you their lands, towns, and homes. Then after you are settled, 2-4 you must choose three of your towns to be Safe Towns. Divide the land into three regions with one Safe Town near the middle of each, so that a Safe Town can be easily reached from anywhere in your land.
Then, if one of you accidentally kills someone, you can run to a Safe Town and find protection from being put to death. But you must not have been angry with the person you killed.
5 For example, suppose you and a friend go into the forest to cut wood. You are chopping down a tree with an ax, when the ax head slips off the handle, hits your friend, and kills him. You can run to one of the Safe Towns and save your life. 6 You don't deserve to die, since you did not mean to harm your friend. But he did get killed, and his relatives might be very angry. They might even choose one of the men from their family to track you down and kill you. If it is too far to one of the Safe Towns, the victim's relative might be able to catch you and kill you. 7 That's why I said there must be three Safe Towns.
8-9 Israel, the Lord your God has promised that if you obey his laws and teachings I'm giving you, and if you always love him, then he will give you the land he promised your ancestors. When that happens, you must name three more Safe Towns in the new territory. 10 You will need them, so innocent people won't be killed on your land while they are trying to reach a Safe Town that is too far away. You will be guilty of murder, if innocent people lose their lives because you didn't name enough Safe Towns in the land the Lord your God will give you.
11 But what if you really do commit murder? Suppose one of you hates a neighbor. So you wait in a deserted place, kill the neighbor, and run to a Safe Town. 12 If that happens, the leaders of your town must send messengers to bring you back from the Safe Town. They will hand you over to one of the victim's relatives, who will put you to death.
13 Israel, for the good of the whole country, you must kill anyone who murders an innocent person. Never show mercy to a murderer!
Property Lines
Moses said to Israel:
14 In the land the Lord is giving you, there are already stones set up to mark the property lines between fields. So don't move those stones.
Witnesses Must Tell the Truth
Moses said to Israel:
15 Before you are convicted of a crime, at least two witnesses must be able to testify that you did it.
16 If you accuse someone of a crime, but seem to be lying, 17-18 then both you and the accused must be taken to the court at the place where the Lord is worshiped. There the priests and judges will find out if you are lying or telling the truth.
If you are lying and the accused is innocent, 19-21 then you will be punished without mercy. You will receive the same punishment the accused would have received if found guilty, whether it means losing an eye, a tooth, a hand, a foot, or even your life.
Israel, the crime of telling lies in court must be punished. And when people hear what happens to witnesses that lie, everyone else who testifies in court will tell the truth.
